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Guide for Beginner : Be Comfortable With Standard Spec
9 Sep 2006 | print

Actually, to cross the off-road field, the readiness and the capability of the driver are the most important point.

 The success key to control the car in the off-road field is not only determined by the capability of technical spec of the car, but also the skill on controlling the car as well as knowing about the car character. Those very determine the off-roaders can perform optimally.

 Although the off-roaders are faced with the dangerous level of difficulty, obviously the beginners of them are still possible to overcome that condition without depending too much to technical aspect of the car. Here are some tricks for the off road beginners.

The first is talking about the car aspect.
Commonly, the beginners are imagined to provide themselves with the full-modified car because they belief that it will give optimal support. Although it is not always true.

 Providing the car with high quality parts in order to increase the capability of the car, like engine application whose cc is great quantity, is chosen by a large number of off-road beginners. Although engine with huge capacity, included gardan portal adoption, can become a boomerang because can make the car hook on to the steep and small field.

 Therefore, at the first level, it is suggested to keep relying on standard spec engine whose setting is matched with the field of condition. A little modification on gardan and suspense can be made for a stable control.

Besides the engine, the tire is also the main factor
To play in the water or mud, it is suggested better to choose the thin tire. Moreover, in the average condition of the off-road field, the model of non-wide tire is more appropriate to be applied. It is also related with the standard spec engine in order not to be too over.

The beginners have to practice their ability to figure out the off-road field detail and accurately to be matched with technical spec of the car. For instance is to analyze the slope degree of the ascent or descendant which is compared with the ground clearance and the overhang of the car. From this is able to be determined whether they have to use the tool like winch or not.

Practice as well the ability to decide the curve direction of the tire which is very needed to face the model of the combined field between broken bending and steep descendant. Unfortunately, if they are taken in the field like this, it will be difficult for them to go out. Many of them are completing their steering wheels with special signs so that they are easy to read the direction of the tire curve.

Other practice that is important enough is the ability to deliver the power of engine gradually and equally. Usually, this ability is needed to go down to the steep descendant to avoid over power.

 Add the engine performance slowly and gradually without braking. Let the car descend the descendant without any obstacle which is able to cause the movement of the back weight to the front because it will be very dangerous. Well, happy trying the simple tips to go off-road with standard engine.



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